"This was predictable from the get-go," said Leon Panetta, a former White House chief of staff, defense secretary and CIA director in Democratic administrations. "Under the best of circumstances, these are tough jobs. But when you now add to that list family members who have no clear-cut role, no experience, no real understanding of the rules and a host of financial connections and business dealings that can obviously be used to manipulate you, then that is a prescription for the kind of chaos you're seeing in the White House."

Opinion | Trade Wars Are Destructive. Of Course Trump Wants One.A chaotic White House has come up with a chaotic trade policy.

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Invoking a rarely used law that allows the president to restrict trade on national security grounds, Mr. Trump said he would impose a 25 percent tariff on steel and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum. He made the announcement on Thursday at a hastily convened meeting with executives of those two industries. Many White House aides, including Mr. Trump’s chief economic adviser, Gary Cohn, appeared to be caught off guard by the decision; on Wednesday, Mr. Cohn had warned that he might resign if Mr. Trump went through with...

WASHINGTON — With global markets shaken by President Donald Trump's surprise decision to impose strict tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, the president went into battle mode on Friday: "Trade wars are good, and easy to win," he wrote on Twitter.

ME: Predictions from the members of The McLaughlin Group (and guests) are at the end of the video.

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If you are interested in politics and what is is going on with current issues, The McLaughlin Group (today, Sunday) on the internet at https://www.mclaughlin.com/ The groups insight, opinions, and predictions are worth it, imo. I watch this show on the internet but somehow it is on at 1:30 on my device.

A huge task force of 12 warships is setting sail for Syria in one of the biggest concentrations of US naval power since the 2003 Iraq invasion, it has emerged. Four US destroyers, including Donald Cook armed with Tomahawk missiles, ...

President Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen and Cohen's father-in-law reportedly loaned at least $26 million in recent years to a taxi mogul who is shifting his business to selling legal marijuana, The Associated Press reports.

The AP obtained documents showing that Cohen and his father-in-law have loaned millions to Semyon “Sam” Shtayner, a longtime Nevada business associate of Cohen's father-in-law who is transitioning from the business of owning taxi medallions to a business built around selling marijuana edibles.